CD24.R25: International women's year, 1975

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THE 24th DIRECTING COUNCIL,

Bearing in mind Resolution X approved by the Directing Council at its XXIII Meeting, and also

Resolution XV approved by the Executive Committee at its 76th Meeting;

Having examined the report of the Director (Document CD24/17), which gives an account of the

activities carried out by PASB during the International Women's Year and the strategy for the next

decade;

Taking note of the resolution approved by the United Nations General Assembly at its thirtieth

session proclaiming the period from 1976 to 1985 United Nations Decade for Women: Equality,

Development, and Peace; and

Considering that the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene in 1980, at the

mid-term of the proposed decade, a world conference to review and evaluate the progress made in

implementing the objectives of the International Women's Year, as recommended by the World

Conference of the International Women's Year,

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1. To thank the Director and his staff for the information on questions relating to the status of

women in the Region and within the Bureau.

2. To urge the Governments to examine the recommendations contained in the World Plan of

Action and in the Director's report and establish short, medium, and long-term targets and priorities

for carrying out the relevant programs.

3. To recommend to the Director that the Organization:

a) continue to provide the countries with the cooperation they need in carrying out programs

designed to improve the health and well-being of women and expand their participation in health

promotion activities;

b) establish machinery and procedures for the ongoing evaluation of those programs;

c) strengthen activities and programs aimed at promoting participation by women at the

decision-making level in the Bureau.

4. To request the Director to report on the progress made in this direction to the Executive

Committee at its 82nd Meeting and to the Directing Council at its XXVI Meeting, in 1979.

Sept.–Oct. 1976 OD 146, 69